Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker
Star Wars : The Rise of Skywalkerstar Daisy Ridley brilliantly recaps the old eightStar Warsmovies in rap form onThe Tonight Show asterisk Jimmy Fallon . Ridley first appeared in theStar Warssequel trilogy as Rey in the 2015 blockbusterStar Wars : The Force Awakens , and quickly took her place alongside Luke Skywalker , Princess Leia and the other iconic heroes of theStar Warsuniverse .
After demonstrate Rey ’s courageous , Force - sensitive character inThe Force Awakens , the sequel trilogy next sent her to the mysterious planet Ahch - To for the sequelThe Last Jedi , where she seek to become the pupil of a very cranky Luke Skywalker . Along the mode , Rey let on her less - than - interesting family origins , while experiencing a unknown spiritual joining with her adversaryKylo Ren(Adam Driver ) . It ’s not yet known what twists and turns Rey ’s story will take in the upcoming trilogy - capperThe acclivity of Skywalker , but teasers indicate the charactercould take a dark twist – unless of courseJ.J. Abramsand company are deliberately spread speculative information to discombobulate fan theorists off the fragrance .
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WithRise of Skywalkergetting set to murder theaters soon , Ridley and the other head call for with the flick are doing their medium rounds and naturally are being bombarded withStar Warsquestions . Of course , The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallonalways gives stars a chance to engage in some off - beat trick in plus to the usual wry talking show conversation , and that was certainly the case last night for Ridley who showed off her rap skills in a section recap the first eightStar Warsmovies . See the video in the space below :
Like her fellowStar WarsstarNatalie Portman , Ridley possesses surprising skills as a knocker . In her recapitulation , Ridley rewinds all the way back to 1977’sA New Hopeand goes through the movies in release order ( as play off to chronological story order ) , hitting all the highlights and of track overlook in a few jokes . When Ridley aim to the prequels , there is the obligatory crack against everyone ’s least - favoriteStar WarscharacterJar - Jar Binks . And when she finally get in atThe Last Jedi , Ridley happily acknowledges the elephant in the room regardingRey and Kylo Ren ’s relationshipby mention the shirtless Kylo meme and referring to the villainous character as “ variety of a flirt . ”
Of of course , the whack stops beforeStar warfare : The advance of Skywalker , so there ’s nothing here for those craving spoilers . But as a prompt recap of the first eightStar Warsfilms , and a case for budding rapper Ridley , the clip is implausibly thorough and very amusing ( even with Fallon in the background doing his defective Bob Dylan belief ) .
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Source : The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon